Group Tax Accountant

SUMMARY:
Fantastic opportunity to join the finance team of a top employer with great leadership as their Grou

POSITION INFO:

Fantastic opportunity to join the finance team of a top employer with great leadership as their Group Tax Accountant. This team is a successful multinational business with a group of entities, who value their staff, will offer great exposure to the best technologies, reward their team and are innovative and not afraid to embrace new technologies! Bring your solid base of corporate tax experience to this newly created role and make your mark as the team's specialist in this area!

Responsibilities:

• Handle tax inquiries and complex tax issues, use tax research tools to resolve tax matters
• Review tax requirements, provide financial advice to stakeholders
• Advise on tax regulations specific to non-profit organizations (NPOs), ensure compliance with tax laws and exemptions
• Maintain relationships with offshore tax advisors, ensure compliance with tax authorities and regulations
• Ensure accurate tax accounting and compliance for multinational group entities, handle CIT calculations, returns, and deferred tax
• Manage Central Finance's tax admin VAT, WHT, and payroll tax, review relatead documents
• Prepare and review tax computations, maintain compliance and accuracy
• Manage Tax Admin, liaise with revenue authorities
• Respond to tax authorities, conduct tax health checks, obtain tax clearance certificates
• Liaise internally, ensure timely filing of quarterly and annual tax returns for clients
• Monitor client tax compliance, review tax reports and produce key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Mange tax audits and administrative compliance, remediation of issues when necessary
• Maintain group tax tracking schedules and prepare management and shareholder reports on tax status
• Keep up to date with tax regulatory developments across all relevant countries, ensure the business is compliant with the latest regulations

Requirements:

• Minimum of a completed professional Accreditation SAIT, SAIPA, ACCA, SAIBA, AGA(SA), or CA(SA) or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years post-article experience in tax, within a multinational or accounting practice
• 5 years relevant experience in a corporate tax environment, Experience in dealing with auditors and tax authorities
• Advanced MS Excel, numerical ability, and high attention to detail
• Advanced knowledge of Sage preferred

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it as unsuccessful for this particular role. Please do though continue to follow us online and apply for suitable opportunities.